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GRASS POLLEN ALLERGEN
TRIGGERS OF ASTHMA
Professor Janet Davies
Head Allergy Research Group, Queensland University of Technology
Assistant Director Research, Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Triggers for allergy and asthma
Upper airways:
COMMON COLD
HAY FEVER•15% population
Lower airways:
ASTHMA•10% of population
Seasonal patterns of asthma
Grass biology in Australia
Ryegrass
BahiaJohnson
Bermuda
Davies et al., Clin Trans Allergy 2012
Exposure to Grass Pollen Triggers
Subtropical species
Temperate species
Beggs et al., Aust NZ J Pub Health 2015Medek et al., Aerobiologia 2016
Thunderstorm asthma epidemics:
evidence, knowledge gaps and public health implications
(Commissioned by Victorian Dept Health Human Services)Janet M Davies, Bircan Erbas, Marko Simunovic ,
Jane Al Kouba, Andelija Milic
https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/publications/researchandreports/thunderstorm-asthma-literature-review-may-2107
10Deaths
35Intensive care unit
888hospital admissions;
1874 Home Doctor Service visits (6 fold increase)
9909 (7 fold increase)Emergency department presentations;
3212 respiratory and 1428 nil diagnosis
Grass pollen forecasting by remote satellite sensing Int. Geosphere-
Biosphere ProgrammeBarron/Sparsely vegetated
Closed shrublands
Cropland natural veg. mosaic
Croplands
Deciduous broadleaf forest
Deciduous needle leaf forest
Evergreen broadleaf forest
Evergreen needle leaf forest
Grasslands
Mixed forest
Open shrublands
Permanent wetlands
Savannas
Snow and Ice
Urban built up
Woody savannas
(key: Loveland et al. Int J Rem Sensing 2010)
ARC Remote sensing project: Huete, Davies Beggs
AusPollen Aerobiology Collaboration Network on
National Environmental Monitoring Site Register
Live 6 December 2017
• www.neii.gov.au/viewer
• “Add data” -> Environmental Monitoring Sites Register ->Air
• ->AusPollen Aerobiology Collaboration Monitoring Network
• Click “Add to map”
Being established
Allergy innovations new tests and treatment
sourcetreatment
testAllergen
componentAllergome
Transcriptome
Proteome
Davies et al. Mol Immunol 2008; 2011Campbell et al. (Davies), JACI 2015; Davies et al ALLERGY 2005
www.pollenforecast.com.au
The NHMRC AusPollen Partnership (Sept 2016 – Aug 2020) with matching in kind and cash contributions from partners. Additional research funded by ARC Discovery.
Partner Organisations
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